Hello and welcome!
époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
Our main imprint is seeking out new voices, authors who are producing high-quality literary fiction and who are looking for a partner to help realise their ambitions. Our commitment is to fully consider all submissions on literary merit alone and to provide a personal response.
Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com
Hello and welcome!
époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
Our main imprint is seeking out new voices, authors who are producing high-quality literary fiction and who are looking for a partner to help realise their ambitions. Our commitment is to fully consider all submissions on literary merit alone and to provide a personal response.
Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com



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Stephanie Powell
Poetry

Stephanie Powell lives in London. She grew up in Australia. She writes from her attic at home and takes photos. Her collection ‘Bone’ was published by Halas Press in July 2021. She has recently been accepted for publication in Ambit Magazine and longlisted for the Poet of the Year 2021 competition, run by the Canterbury Festival.
Of the poem featured here, Stephanie states:
‘This summer is not a complete waste, has two ways you can look at it. It can be about the simple ecstasy of having a free afternoon to ride about on a bike. To properly take in your surroundings. To find a patch of earth to lay and look at the sky for a while. I strove to express this feeling in the poem. Alternatively, and maybe it’s in the title of the work, you could look at it as a post-pandemic poem. A kind of self-soothing call to rediscover ecstasy in day-to-day life. The final couple of lines are about fireworks, something that is brief, joyful, and always makes you pause to watch.’